BA Language Practice UJ

13/02/2024

The Dept of Languages, Cultural Studies and Applied Linguistics (LanCSAL) at UJ is hosting the SALALS conference towards the end of June this year! We have excellent keynote speakers and the theme of the conference is extremely relevant for the times we are living in!
Please share widely!

20/11/2023

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FIT - International Federation of Translators invites you to a new webinar on Saturday, 25 November 2023, at 6 pm CET (18:00 Paris time).

🌐 "The Role of Indigenous Language Translation in the midst of Climate Change: Negotiating Displacement, Loss of Land, Language & Culture"

To join and receive access to the event, please register in advance on
➡️ fit-ift.org

You can learn more about the event and the speakers from Canada, Russia and South Africa on FIT's website: https://en.fit-ift.org/fit-panel-discussion-the-role-of-indigenous-language-translation-in-the-midst-of-climate-change-negotiating-displacement-loss-of-land-language-and-culture/

The webinar will be mainly in English. There will be interpretation into English for presenters choosing to speak in their own Indigenous language.

Webinar description:

When we think about climate change, we do not always consider how far-reaching its impacts may be. For Indigenous peoples, climate change constitutes a human rights issue where the land countless communities rely on is now part of a world that has, as Terry Teegee of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations puts it, become “out of balance” (“World out of Balance” 2018).

But how much deeper has climate change affected the Indigenous way of life when it comes to displacement, language and culture? How has it impacted language and culture acquisition? How has it affected oral traditions among Indigenous communities? How are these changes reflected in discourse, through traditional oral texts, in day-to-day language revitalisation, and in the ways of life of Indigenous peoples across three continents? How can translation here become a force of change that addresses and complicates these narratives?

Our panellists from Canada, South Africa and Russia will each address the topic from a different perspective. From the more practical aspects to the linguistic, the literary, the scientific, and the discursive. Our speakers will engage with climate change and the role of translation to discuss displacement, loss of land, language and culture.

The session will include each panellist's presentation, a panel discussion, and a question-and-answer period.

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